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Nyon
Place in Vaud, Switzerland

Nyon

Nyon is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has been part of the Geneva metropolitan area. It lies on the shores of Lake Geneva and is the seat of Nyon District. The town has a population of 21,718 and is famous in the sporting world for being the headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and European Football Clubs (EFC). It is connected to the rest of Switzerland by way of the Route Suisse, the A1 motorway and the railways of the Arc Lémanique.

Get in

Getting to Nyon

Frequent regional trains between Geneva and Lausanne stop at Nyon. The 1 train station is within walking distance from the lake shore. Nyon is also serviced by trains from St. Gallen, Basel and Zürich to Geneva which stop in Nyon every hour (not all long-distance trains stop here, though!). As of July 2014 a one-way train ticket from Geneva costs Fr. 8.80. Cruises at Lake Geneva commonly call at Nyon.

See

Worth seeing

As of July 2014, the three main museums (the castle, the Roman museum and the Lake museum) have a common ticket, a ticket to one of them is also valid at the two other museums. Adults: Fr. 8F, Senior citizens, students, groups of more 10 adults: Fr. 6, Free entrance for children under 16. Free admission every 1st Sunday of the month.

  1. 01
    Nyon Castle

    Nyon Castle, a 12th-century fortress above Lake Geneva, contains the History and Porcelain Museum.

  2. 02
    Musée Romain

    Artifacts from the Roman age from the area, such as amphoras, old coins, and parts of murals and statues.

  3. 03
    Musée du Leman
  4. 04
    Roman

    Nyon is proud of its Roman ruins.

  5. 05
    UEFA Headquarters

    All the European Cups are on display inside the main building (if they let you in).

  6. 06
    Explore the Old
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Usine à Gaz
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Café Tea-Room Roguemont

    Pleasant café with sandwiches and pastries - fresh and delicious as you would expect in Switzerland.

How locals move

Getting around Nyon the local way

  • Get inCGN operates cruise ferries in Lake Geneva, one of the port of calls being Hermance.

From Wikivoyage: Hermance, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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